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Genesis 41:47

And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.

KJV

Venitque fertilitas septem annorum : et in manipulos redactæ segetes congregatæ sunt in horrea Ægypti.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐποίησεν ἡ γῆ ἐν τοῖς ἑπτὰ ἔτεσιν τῆς εὐθηνίας δράγματα·

LXX

And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.

ASV

וַ/תַּ֣עַשׂ הָ/אָ֔רֶץ בְּ/שֶׁ֖בַע שְׁנֵ֣י הַ/שָּׂבָ֑ע לִ/קְמָצִֽים

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
וֹ
v
noun · 4×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
שִׁבְעַ֥ת
shb't
adjective · 393×
שָׁנָ֔ה
shnh
verb · 877×
שָּׂבָע֙
shb'
noun · 8×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gen 26:12 — Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.
  • Gen 41:26 — The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
  • Lev 25:21 — Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years.
  • Luke 12:16 — And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: